American Battle Monuments Commission
Search for the overseas burial sites of more than 200,000 Americans who died in the two World Wars, and plan your trip to these cemeteries.
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National Parks Service: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Find your Union or Confederate ancestor in this database of 6.3 million men from 44 states and territories, then read about their regiments in more than 4,000 unit histories.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
This venerable organization’s Genealogical Research System lets you search for Revolutionary War patriots, their descendants and DAR members’ links to them. You can also explore more than 80,000 Bible records, the DAR library catalog, and back issues of American Spirit magazine.
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Focused mostly (though not exclusively) on military records, this subscription site ($79.95 per year) covers every US conflict, including Revolutionary War and War of 1812 pensions, Civil War muster rolls, and (newly completed in 2020) WWII draft records.
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Nationwide Gravesite Locator
If your military ancestors were buried on this side of the ocean, this site will find them and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, and other US locations.
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